The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-25

knowledge and the fact that their Office is the
headquarters of Ohio aud Indiana Democrats
generally the ENQUIRER seldom gets left in
Washington matters.
Charles NJ Pepper has represented the Chica-
go Tribune here for two years. He was former
~ at Springfield where he LOGGED after the
legislature. He is assisted by Mr.. Vincent B.
Kelley, who has been here such a short time
that he is not well known among his associates.
Charles 81. Gray, OF the St. Paul Pioneer
Press, has been in Washin gton. off and on, for
many years He Is part owner in a lively daily
in Dakota. Is we'll up in Northwestern matters
and makes it exceedingly lively for his rivals a.
Il. S. Davis, of the Minneapolis Tribune. who
began his career a newspaper man in Maine
before the war and Mr.. Smith D. Frye, of the
st. Paul Globe. but recently in Newspaper Row
from department. life. Mr.. Frye and his dog
are well-kuown characters the streets of
Washington.
John S. Shrlver, of the Baltimore American
has left US. John was the boy who created such
stir in Baltimore when he first entered the
profession. He was assigned to write up a meet
ing of the Old Ladies Home. He described the
scenes there in two columns and half and was
compelled to boil it down to ten lines and still
stuck manfully TO his pencil. Shriver used
go to fires IN a carriage of his own, and detail
his footnan to go among the common herd for
particulars. John has gotten bravsly over that,
and before he left used to travel on foot or in
common street-car with Russian overcoat
which wae the envy of sswelldom, and wrote
greet many clever things. He named the Pres
ident's country place Red Top" which name
will stick to it IS long as it exists. He adver-
and has written moro widely copied White
House stories than any man who ever lived in
Washington He has just become managing
editor of the Lorborn Publishing Company at
Baltimore He left Washington last week with
his thirty seven suits of clothes
Amos Cummings. member of Congress from
New York, does some work for the Evening Sun,
but most OF the news is provided by Mr.. j. A.
Truesdell, who furnishes vast amount of in
tsresting matter for some Of the newspaper syn
dictates.
One of the bestkuowu and most clever COM
blnations is that of Col. E. ". Ayres, of the
Kansas City Times. and Judge j. J. Noah. of
the Chicago Herald. They are men in the
prime of life. with the widest range of political
and journalistic experience, and WELD q potent
influence in their work
To describe the whole list of correspondents
who are entitled to admission to the galleries
would require two pages Of this paper. They
are all good fellows. and are all writer's of merit
In their particular line and for their particular
section. In the above / mention only few of
them. and have not even tried to pick out the
best Among the others are Walter p. Stevens,
who has charge of the ST Louis Globe Demo
crat; 81. S. Underwood, Boston Advertiser; Hugh
Hastings and Frank G. Carpenter, of the New
York World; Charles A. Boynton. brother Of
Press; H. Conquest Clarke. Boston Journal;
Henry E Eland. Memphis Appeal; Charles S.
Hobart Brooks, Cleveland Press; j. F. Durham,
Louisville Courier-Journal s. r. Flynn. .Balti-
more Sun; J. Jules Gutheridge. New York Her
aid; Cicero w. Harris Richmond Dispatch: G.
Heazelton, San Francisco Chronicle; Frank T.
Howe, Pittsburg Commercial Gazette; c. P.
Hunt Buffalo Times; De B. Randolph Keim.
Philadelphia Times Charles E. Kincaid. Louis
vile Times; Thomas B. KIRBY, New York
Journal of Commences; Robert NJ. Larner, Balti-
more Sun; John B. Mccarthy, Hartford Times;
George Martin, Philadelphia Press: Frank P
Morgan. Brooklyn Citizen; James Morgan, Bos.
ton Daily Globe; Richard Nixon New Orleans
Times Democrat; c. NJ. Ogden. Philadelphia
News; Herbert A. Preston. New York Herald;
F, A Richardson. Baltimore Sun; William E.
Ringwalt. New York Commercial Bulletin; W. |
B. Shaw, Boston Transcript: Harold Suowden, |
Alexandria Gazette; H. W. Spofford. Fort |
Worth Gazette; 0. Q: Stealey. Louisville |
Courier-Journai; George Fl. Walker Cleveland |
Leader: L. @ Washington, New Orleans Plea |
yune, and James r. Young Philadelphia Star.